Define Whether the Slave Outstation Logs Authentication and Key Change Information
The Slave outstation (Geo SCADA Expert) can log information about both successful and unsuccessful authentications and
Use the field(s) within the Alarm/Event Logging section of the DNP3 Slave Outstation Form’s Security tab to define the priority that Geo SCADA Expert assigns to the authentication and key change information that it logs for this Slave outstation.
- Severity—Use this combo box to specify the priority that is assigned to the alarms and events that Geo SCADA Expert logs in relation to authentications and Session Key Changes.
- Geo SCADA Expert assigns this priority to the:
- events that it logs for successful authentications
- alarms that it logs for any unsuccessful authentications and any authentication errors that it has received.
- (If required, you can select ‘None’ to set Geo SCADA Expert so that it does not log any messages related to successful and unsuccessful authentications. However, we recommend that you choose one of the other Severity settings so that there is a record of authentications).
- For further information, see Defining Severities in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration.
- Area of Interest—If the Area of Interest feature is enabled on your system, an Area of Interest field is displayed within the Alarm/Event Logging section of the tab. Use the field to specify the area of interest with which any authentication and Session Key Change alarms and events are associated (see Assign a Different Area of Interest to an Item’s Alarms and Events in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration).
- For further information on the Area of Interest feature, see Restrict Alarm and Event Access to Specific Areas of Interest in the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to Core Configuration.